Blogger and parent John Watson details how he uses his Gmail account to set up and manage personal email for his 4- and 6-year-old children.

Watson uses Gmail's plus-addressing feature to create filtered inboxes and send-from address for his kids. The upshot is that the youngins can send and receive emails from their own address without being exposed to the baddies (like spam) of a full-fledged account, and you can keep an eye on what kind of communication they're receiving. Sorry mom, this doesn't work for 25-year-olds, but this method should work very well for parents with young children. For more on the subject, see how your fellow readers do email for kids. — Adam Pash